What’s the Artemis II crew doing while they wait for historic moon flight?

As an astronaut, you have to prepare for all kinds of eventualities, whether it’s staying in orbit for nine months longer than expected due to problems with your spacecraft, or cutting short a space ...

Retired astronaut Barry Wilmore considers run for Tennessee governor

Retired NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore has taken out a qualifying petition to run for governor of Tennessee, records show. The 1981 Mt. Juliet High School graduate who went on to Tennessee Tech ...
Hoodline

Space Center Houston On Standby As Isaacman Decides Discovery's Fate

Harris told the Houston Business Journal that "the Discovery move is in Isaacman's hands" and said the museum is prepared to house a relocated orbiter or another historic vehicle. He also noted that ...
Space Coast Daily

NASA Names Acting Leaders Montalbano, Hutcherson for Two Key Human Spaceflight Roles

NASA announced Joel Montalbano and Dana Hutcherson will serve as acting managers of Human Flight Programs, effective immediately.
PRIMETIMER

What rocket launches are coming up from NASA, SpaceX and Blue Origin in Florida? Details explored

Upcoming Florida rocket launches include SpaceX Starlink and EchoStar missions, Blue Origin’s New Glenn flights, NASA’s Artemis II, and other 2026 missions from Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center ...
Community Impact

Texas A&M Space Institute on schedule to open in fall 2026

Construction remains on schedule for the new Texas A&M Space Institute, Director Nancy Currie-Gregg said in an email Feb. 18.

Old Apollo rocks shed new light on the moon's magnetic field long ago

Lunar rocks collected by Apollo astronauts more than half a century ago are providing a fresh take on the moon's mysterious ...
WKRG

Astronaut Mike Fincke reveals he was crew member with medical issue

( NewsNation) — Astronaut Mike Fincke revealed that he had a medical event that caused the early return of the International Space Station’s Crew-11. The mission included fellow NASA astronaut Zena ...

NASA's Mike Fincke identifies himself as the ailing astronaut who prompted space station evacuation

NASA's Mike Fincke has identified himself as the astronaut whose medical condition prompted the space agency's first medical ...

A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon blood red on Tuesday across several continents

The eclipses tend to follow each other, taking advantage of the sweet spot in the celestial bodies’ orbits. Tuesday’s total eclipse of the moon comes two weeks after a ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse ...

Here’s NASA’s new timeline on having astronauts land on the moon again

NASA said Friday it’s adding an extra moon mission by Artemis astronauts before attempting a high-risk lunar landing with a ...

NASA revamps Artemis moon landing program by modeling it after speedy Apollo

NASA's new administrator Jared Isaacman announced the shake-up in the flight lineup Friday, days after the space agency's new moon rocket returned to its Florida hangar for more repairs.